Melanie Shoots Photos

09/10/2026

Glam took centerstage as the Southern Decadence Parade took over the French Quarter on Sunday. Feathers, sequins, velvet, and more NOLA magic!
Southern Decadence

09/10/2026

Today one of our favorite humans - Jody Dorsey - is celebrating the anniversary of his journey around the sun. Everybody take your time to wish this man a happy happy birthday!

Photo by Melanie Shoots Photos

09/07/2026

Read up on Dolly Parton's legacy supporting and financing child literacy. And how the Bay St Louis Dolly Should event has been contributing children's books to our local libraries. Discover how you too can support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program! Especially now in September, National Library Card Month. Article by me.

07/31/2026

Such an amazing night with so many musical greats at the Bay St Louis Little Theatre! This series is to be continued in the coming months, to include further cultural and historical exchanges. Bay St Louis is truly living a renaissance of being a music hotspot, between Doug Page at Good Earth Records and Rachel Dangermond at 100 Men D.B.A. Hall. Photos and story by yours truly:) Melanie Cole

07/23/2026

This Saturday at the Bay St Louis Little Theatre, the second edition of a live music podcast series by Good Earth Records! Featuring grammy award winning musicians Louis Michot and Layla McCalla.

07/02/2026

Jazz is officially back on the Coast! The energy at the historic newly refurbished Biloxi Saenger Theatre was electric, curtesy of Good Earth Records and , along with Joshua Starkman, Craig Klein, Wendell Brunious Project, River Eckert, Blackwater Brass, and many others who came out to work their magic!

The Shoofly Magazine 15 Minutes Photo Gallery link in comments below.

06/24/2026

celebrated the life of yet another beloved musician, Ronell Johnson, famed Preservation Hall Band trombonist/vocalist/performer, gone too soon. Everything here happens on the streets y'all, and it was a great turnout on a glorious day! I still consider myself a tourist, in my seventh year here, but I have never seen so much brass in a second line. All horn players came out to celebrate their brother 🎺🪊🎷💔 Tuba to Cuba just got bookmarked again, along with other live performance clips. Grateful to have been on this planet at the same time ❤️ Please tag and share pics.

06/16/2026

As a life long cyclist myself, the message behind the World Naked Bike Ride events has always hit home. After a lifetime of near misses with vehicles, the "can you see us now" (if we are naked) tagline never loses its impact! I had the accidental honor this year of riding shotgun, while shooting for the French Quarter Journal. Crowds were already lining up for the Pride Parade which followed. For the full photo storyboard click the link in comments below - and please tag and share!

06/13/2026

Three amazing women singer songwriters brought their special songs to the historic 100 Men D.B.A. Hall stage - Dusky Waters Teena May and Symone French. Waters and May are the founders of BlackAmericana Fest in New Orleans, which takes place in September. It is African American Music Appreciation Month and this Freedom Summer Concert in the historic Chitlin Circuit venue called to the ancestors whose history and blessings were palpable!

06/11/2026

15 Minutes Photo Gallery for the Shoofly Magazine.

15 Minutes, May 2026: Sold out! River Eckert blew the roof off last Friday on the historic 100 Men Hall stage. ​The 16-year-old keyboard prodigy, together with his band (dad Jake on guitar and vocals), delivered an unforgettable night of live music. - Pho